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Jean-Philippe Rameau was born on 25 September 1683 in Dijon, France. He was a composer, known for Casanova (2005), Babylon A.D. (2008) and The Handmaiden (2016). He died on 12 September 1764 in Paris, France.- John Ceiriog Hughes was born on 25 September 1832 in Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. He was married to Anne Roberts. He died on 23 April 1887 in Caersws, Montgomeryshire, Wales, UK.
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Léon Boëllmann was born on 25 September 1862 in Alsace, France. Léon is known for Affair in Monte Carlo (1952), About Endlessness (2019) and Kraina plachu (2019). Léon died on 11 October 1897 in Paris, France.- St. John Hankin was born on 25 September 1869 in Southampton, England, UK. St. John was a writer, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Evig kærlighed (1954). St. John was married to Florence Routledge. St. John died on 16 June 1909 in Llandrindod Wells, Radnor, Wales.
- Charles Manley was born on 25 September 1830 in Ireland. He was an actor, known for Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel (1900), Uncle Josh's Nightmare (1900) and Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show (1902). He was married to Amelia Badeau Marcher and Marie ?. He died on 26 February 1916 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Anderson Hatfield was born on 25 September 1835 in Blackberry Creek, Pike County, Kentucky, USA. He was married to Mary 'Polly' Runyon. He died on 6 March 1920 in Blackberry Creek, Pike County, Kentucky, USA.
- Alfred Møller was born on 25 September 1864 in Aalborg, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Vor fælles Ven (1921), Flyverspionen (1915) and Kærlighedsleg (1919). He died on 26 September 1922.
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Henry J. Vernot was born on 25 September 1873 in Segny, France. Henry J. was a director and writer, known for The Dead Alive (1916), The Ticket-of-Leave Man (1914) and Feathertop (1916). Henry J. was married to Jane Nollet. Henry J. died on 17 July 1928 in New York City, New York, USA.- Everett McNeil was born on 25 September 1862 in Stoughton, Wisconsin, USA. He was a writer, known for The Martyrdom of Philip Strong (1916), The Master Passion (1917) and Builders of Castles (1917). He died on 14 December 1929 in Tacoma, Washington, USA.
- Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff was born on 25 September 1889 in Weedingshall, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK. Charles Kenneth Scott was a writer, known for The Burying Party (2018). Charles Kenneth Scott died on 28 February 1930 in Calvary Hospital, Rome, Italy.
- Richard Wangermann was born on 25 September 1859 in Germany. He was an actor, known for The Scarlet Runner (1916), Through Fire to Fortune (1914) and The Grain of Dust (1918). He died on 19 June 1930 in Bronx, New York, USA.
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- Director
Andrew Percival Younger was born on 25 September 1890 in Sacramento, California, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The Torrent (1924), Pleasures of the Rich (1926) and The Abysmal Brute (1923). He was married to Marre V. Dunne Dearing Younger. He died on 29 November 1931 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- William Shepherd Benson was born on 25 September 1855 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He died on 20 May 1932 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Jefferson Osborne was born on 25 September 1872 in Bay City, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for The Last Egyptian (1914), The Great Radium Mystery (1919) and Homespun Folks (1920). He died on 11 June 1932 in Hondo, California, USA.
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- Director
- Producer
Guy Oliver was born on 25 September 1878 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Only the Brave (1930), What Every Woman Knows (1921) and Secret Service (1919). He was married to Elinor. He died on 1 September 1932 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Ernie Triplett was born on 25 September 1906 in Paris, Illinois, USA. He died on 5 March 1934 in El Centro, California, USA.
- Guillermo Barbieri (September 25, 1894 - June 24, 1935) was an Argentine composer, singer, and guitarist. He accompanied many famous artists of his time. In 1935, while on tour with Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Le Pera, and Ángel Domingo Riverol, he and his band-mates boarded a plane. Soon after takeoff, it collided with another plane and exploded. Riverol was the only survivor, but died two days later as a result of his injuries.
- Spencer Bell was born on 25 September 1887 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for The Wizard of Oz (1925), Taxi Spooks (1929) and The Outlaw Dog (1927). He died on 18 August 1935.
- Ben Greet was born on 25 September 1857 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Victory and Peace (1918). He died on 17 May 1936 in London, England, UK.
- Writer
- Actress
Xun Lu was born on 25 September 1881 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China. She was a writer and actress, known for New Year Sacrifice (1956), Cheng da sao (1954) and Ah Q zheng zhuan (1958). She died on 19 October 1936 in Shanghai, China.- Árpád Ódry was born on 25 September 1876 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Méltóságos rab asszony (1916), A Kétszívü férfi (1918) and Christoph Columbus (1923). He died on 5 April 1937 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Vera Yanukova was born on 25 September 1904 in Mogilyov, Mogilyov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Mogilyov oblast, Belarus]. She was an actress, known for Strike (1925), Prisoners (1936) and Vosstaniye rybakov (1934). She was married to Erwin Piscator. She died on 12 May 1939.
- Actor
- Writer
Hans Dynesen was born on 25 September 1870. He was an actor and writer, known for Ormen (1912), The Actor (1913) and Had og Kærlighed (1917). He died on 4 December 1939.- Hans Dymsesen was born on 25 September 1870. He was an actor, known for Mod lyset (1919). He died on 4 December 1939.
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Werner Bohne was born on 25 September 1895 in Rudna, Poland. He was a cinematographer, known for Susanne macht Ordnung (1930), The Unknown (1936) and A Door Opens (1933). He died on 9 April 1940 in Oslo, Norway.- Charles Edward Russell was born on 25 September 1860 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fall of the Romanoffs (1917). He died on 23 April 1941.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Jaroslav Jezek was born on 25 September 1906 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Prague, Czech Republic]. He was a composer, known for Workers, Let's Go (1934), Powder and Petrol (1932) and U nás v Kocourkove (1934). He died on 1 January 1942 in New York City, New York, USA.- Alfred Bagger was born on 25 September 1868 in Skanderborg, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Livet paa Hegnsgaard (1938), Niels Pind og hans dreng (1941) and En desertør (1940). He was married to Valborg Bagger. He died on 1 January 1943.
- Jules Chancel was born on 25 September 1867 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was a writer, known for The Love Parade (1929). He died on 18 January 1944 in Versailles, Yvelines, France.
- Morris Harvey was born on 25 September 1877 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Squibs (1935), Down Our Street (1932) and Scrooge (1935). He was married to Mae Bacon and Dorothy Leon. He died on 24 August 1944 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
- Mexican revolutionary and political figure Plutarco Elías Calles came from dire poverty and a dysfunctional family, his father was a severe alcoholic who never married his mother, and he got involved in politics at an early age. A supporter of reformist President Francisco I. Madero, who appointed him Commissioner of Police, Calles took to politics like a duck to water, and it wasn't long before he had risen up through the ranks to become an army general. He was commander of the federal army in his home state of Sonora during the Mexican Revolution, and his forces defeated those of another Mexican revolutionary, Pancho Villa, at the Battle of Agua Prieta in 1915. He was eventually made governor of Sonora and gained a reputation as a fervent reformer, concentrating especially on the rights of workers, he gave them the right to collective bargaining, which they never had, and instituted a social security program, among other things. However, his reformist policies incurred the wrath of Sonora's wealthy and powerful landowners, known as "hacendados", and their allies in the upper echelons of the Catholic Church, all of whom fought his efforts at every turn. Eventually relations between Calles and the Church deteriorated to the point where he expelled all Catholic priests from Sonora.
In 1919 Calles was appointed Secretary of Commerce, Industry and Labor by President Venustiano Carranza. Unfortunately for Carranza, Calles paid him back by allying himself with Gen. Álvaro Obregón, who overthrew Carranza the next year. Obregon thanked Calles for his support by naming him head of the Interior Ministry, the agency whose responsibilities included internal security and intelligence gathering. Calles used his position to secure the support of organized labor for the government, and to that end allied himself with the Laborist Party. In 1924 Calles ran for President and won.
As president he established several banks whose sole purpose was to help the poorest of the country's campesinos (farmers) and peasants. He also founded the Banco de Mexico, which eventually became the country's largest bank. A trip to Europe exposed him to the policies of the "social democracy" movement, and when Calles returned to Mexico one of his first acts was to push for land reform. It was a fact of life in Mexico that almost all of its land was owned by a small number of extremely wealthy and powerful families (the Terrazas family, for instance, owned more than one million acres in Chihuahua state alone), which resulted in a virtually feudal system of sharecropping and near slavery for most of the rest of the people. Calles' government managed to get foreign banks and countries to forgive some of Mexico's crushing debt. He also reformed the country's civil and criminal codes.
Calles' administration came into conflict with the US government on several issues, one of them relating to the large holdings held by American oil companies. Mexican law stated that all minerals and other valuable substances under the soil belonged to the state, which meant that underground oil reserves were under the control of the Mexican government rather than the oil companies; they didn't like that a bit, since it could conceivably give the government justification for nationalization of the country's oil reserves. Calles announced that he intended to enforce that part of the Mexican legal code, which other Mexican governments had not done, and reaction from American government officials was immediate, he was branded a Communist by the American ambassador and the Secretary of State threatened an invasion of Mexico if the law, known as Article 27, was enforced. In 1927 Calles' government canceled the operating licenses of oil companies that refused to comply with Article 27, and there was talk of war in Washington circles. However, when the ultra-right-wing American ambassador to Mexico, a political appointee, was replaced by a more experienced diplomat who began negotiations with Mexico on the subject, tensions eased and an agreement acceptable to both sides was reached.
Calles' old nemesis, the Catholic Church, was still causing trouble for him, however. In 1926 he decided to put an end to his problems with them once and for all and had legislation passed called "The Law Reforming the Penal Code" but was commonly known as "The Calles Law". Among other things, it deprived the Church of the right to own property (its considerable landholdings were a source of much of its revenue), outlawed religious orders and exempted the clergy from many rights enjoyed by Mexican citizens, such as trial by jury and the right to vote. The Church, on its part, noted that Calles was a Freemason and accused him and his administration of being involved in a Freemason conspiracy to destroy the Church. This campaign struck a chord in deeply religious Mexico, especially in the more conservative areas, the equivalent of the US "Bible Belt" in the South, and in 1926 a revolt known as The Cristero War broke out. The fighting was marked by atrocities on both sides, with, as usual, innocent civilians bearing the brunt of most of them. It was estimated that about 100,000 people died in the fighting before a truce, negotiated by the American ambassador, was signed in 1929. However, Calles decided not to honor the terms of the truce and after the Cristeros had surrendered and laid down their arms, he mounted an offensive that resulted in almost 6,000 of them, including more than 500 of their leaders, being arrested and shot. He also took education out of the hands of the Church and replaced it with a public education system as a way of avoiding what he had termed the "indoctrination" of Mexican youth by the Church. The war also took a toll on the country's priests, approximately 4,000 were shot or expelled from the country. By 1934 there were less than 350 priests in all of Mexico, a country of more than 15 million.
In 1928 former president Obregon was elected President to succeed Calles, but before he took office he was assassinated by a Catholic zealot. Calles then appointed himself "Jefe Maximo", or Supreme Chief. The next year Calles founded his own political party, the National Revolutionary Party (PNR). It would eventually morph into the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which would rule Mexico for the next 70 years. Calles appointed others as "President", but they were just frontmen; he held the real power. The government grew increasingly authoritarian. It stopped land reform and redistribution and banned strikes, infuriating its supporters in the powerful labor movement.
In 1934 he picked Lázaro Cárdenas, an old political ally, to be his presidential candidate, believing that he could control Cardens as he had the others. However, after Cardenas became President he showed that he had no intention of being Calles' puppet. Conflicts erupted between the two over a variety of issues, such as Cardenas' support for labor unions, his endorsement of strikes and his opposition to Calles' increasing reliance on the use of private militias, modeled on Adolf Hitler's Nazi "storm troopers", to ferret out and crush opposition.
Cardemas turned out to be a formidable opponent, and set about to systematically isolate Calles from his political base and support. He removed powerful Calles allies from important government positions. Eventually Cardenas forced Calles out of power, and he went into exile in the US. In 1941 he was allowed back into Mexico and divided his time between Mexico City and Cuernavaca. Calles died in Mexico in October of 1945. - Max Dreyer was born on 25 September 1862 in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. He was a writer, known for Die Siebzehnjährigen (1919), Die Siebzehnjährigen (1929) and Der Ammenkönig (1935). He died on 27 November 1946 in Göhren, Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
- Actress
Virginia Crawford was born on 25 September 1912 in Mississippi, USA. She was an actress. She died on 3 April 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Set Decorator
- Costume Designer
Eugene Joseff was born on 25 September 1904 in Illinois, USA. He was a set decorator and costume designer, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), Camille (1936) and Lillian Russell (1940). He was married to Joan Joseff. He died on 18 September 1948 in Newhall, California, USA.- S.O. Schoening was born on 25 September 1888 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Pillars of Society (1935), Hallo Janine (1939) and Herberts Sünde (1916). He died on 5 May 1949 in Hamburg, Germany.
- George Soule Spencer was born on 25 September 1874 in Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for The Wolf (1914), The Third Degree (1913) and How Bella Was Won (1911). He died on 7 August 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Scott Russell was born on 25 September 1868 in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Wooing of Anne Hathaway (1938) and Polly (1937). He was married to Ruby Gwendoline Collingridge. He died on 28 August 1949 in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, UK.
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- Soundtrack
Jaroslav Kvapil was born on 25 September 1868 in Chudenitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Chudenice, Czech Republic]. He was a writer and director, known for Bicentennial Man (1999), Ahasver (1915) and Zlatý klícek (1922). He died on 10 January 1950 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Director
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Along with screenwriter Isadore Bernstein, producer/writer Jesse J. Goldburg, producer Sol M. Wurtzel and a handful of others, Ernst Laemmle was a founder Temple Israel in Hollywood in 1926. Temple Israel was ground in the spirit of social activism and prophetic justice. Its first location was a house rented from actor Sessue Hayakawa in Hollywood, to be used for a religious school.- Actress
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Hanka Ordonówna was born on 25 September 1902 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Schindler's List (1993), Spy (1933) and Niewolnica milosci (1923). She was married to Michal Tyszkiewicz. She died on 8 September 1950 in Beirut, Lebanon.- Actor
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Jack Denny started his musical career in Montreal, Quebec in 1920. His career as leader of his dance orchestra lasted for many years and was especially popular in the early 1930s. He retired from the band business about six years before his death, and worked as salesman for the Baldwin Piano Company. At the time of his death he was survived by his wife.- Additional Crew
- Producer
Charles B. Cochran was born on 25 September 1872 in Lindfield, Sussex, England, UK. He was a producer, known for Bitter Sweet (1933), Evergreen (1934) and Cavalcade (1933). He died on 31 January 1951 in London, England, UK.- Allen Lee was born on 25 September 1876 in Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Declaration of Independence (1924) and Birthright (1938). He died on 5 February 1951 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Titys was born on 25 September 1882 in Nîmes, Gard, France. He was an actor, known for L'assommoir (1933), Chipée (1938) and Slipper Episode (1935). He died on 19 March 1951 in Paris, France.
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Adolph Bolm was born on 25 September 1884 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for The Corsican Brothers (1941), The Affairs of Cellini (1934) and The Mad Genius (1931). He was married to Berta Beatrice. He died on 16 April 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- José Rubén Romero was born on 25 September 1890 in Cotija de la Paz, Michoacan, Mexico. José Rubén was a writer, known for Rosenda (1948), Las aventuras de Pito Pérez (1957) and La vida inútil de Pito Pérez (1970). José Rubén died on 4 July 1952 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
- Billy Hughes was born on 25 September 1862 in Pimlico, London, England, UK. He was married to Mary Ethel Campbell and Elizabeth Cutts. He died on 28 October 1952 in Lindfield, Sydney, Australia.
- Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg was born in New York City to Barnet and Tessie Greenglass. The family was very poor and lived in a shabby, unheated tenement. Ethel, the only daughter, attended Hebrew schools and Seward Park High School, graduating at age 15. She became a clerk for a shipping company, but was terminated for organizing a women workers' strike to combat poor working conditions and low salaries. Ethel later joined the American Communist Party. At a New Years Eve benefit, she met Julius Rosenberg, who had been a civilian inspector for the Army Signal Corps during World War II. They married on June 18, 1939. Ethel became a homemaker for their sons, Michael and Robert. Julius opened a small machine shop in Manhattan with Ethel's brother, David Greenglass, but the business failed and Greenglass left the partnership. In 1950, Greenglass, who had been a low-ranking sergeant at Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project, was arrested as a member of a spy ring that had supplied atomic secrets to the Russians. Greenglass claimed that Ethel and Julius were also members of the ring. They were arrested and tried under the Espionage Act, the 1917 law that had been passed to counter the American anti-war movement. The main evidence against them was supplied by Greenglass. He claimed that Julius had given him atomic bomb secrets, and that Ethel had typed David's notes. Despite the dearth of evidence against Ethel, she was found guilty of espionage with Julius, and on April 5, 1951 the couple was sentenced to death. For the next two years, Ethel lived on death row at Sing Sing prison, maintaining her innocence and hoping for leniency. It never came. On June 19, 1953, Ethel was put to death in the electric chair. She remains the only American woman ever to be executed for espionage. Her sons, aged 6 and 8, were adopted by another family. Controversy as to the couple's guilt rages to this day. In 2001, in an interview with "60 Minutes II," Greenglass admitted that he had lied about Ethel's involvement in the spy ring, yet Nikita Khrushchev's memoirs confirmed that the Rosenbergs did, in fact, commit treason.
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- Actor
Born in Japan, of Xinhui, Guangdong origin and raised in Hong Kong, he joined Sun Yat-sen's Kuomintang party in 1911 and helped make anti-warlord movies. He was an active director during the golden years of the Shanghai movie industry from 1921 to 1928. In 1923, he founded the Minxin Film Company in Hong Kong which later relocated to Shanghai, By 1930, he co-founded one the giant studios of the 1930's, Lianhua Film Company with Law Ming-yau. In 1938, he returned to Hong Hong and retired.- Director
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Edgar Roquette-Pinto was born on 25 September 1884 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a director and actor, known for Bandeirantes (1940), Argila (1940) and Coração Físico de Ostwald (1942). He died on 18 October 1954 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.